The Rural Support (Controls) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2021/72
Year2021

2021 No. 72

Agriculture

The Rural Support (Controls) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Made 11th February 2021

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 11th February 2021

Coming into force 31th March 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 75(3) of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy1, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

The Scottish Ministers consider that these Regulations are both necessary and justifiable in order to resolve specific problems in relation to the application of Article 75 of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. These regulations allow for derogation from paragraph 2 of that Article only to the extent, and for such a period, as is strictly necessary.

S-1 Citation, commencement and extent

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Rural Support (Controls) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 31 March 2021.

(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland.

S-2 Derogation from requirements in Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013

Derogation from requirements in Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013

2.—(1) Regulation (EU) No. 1306/20132is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 75(2)3(payment to beneficiaries), at the end insert—

“By way of derogation from the first sub-paragraph, in respect of claim year 2020, the paying agency may make payments to beneficiaries granted pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 4 of Regulation (EU) No. 1307/20134(voluntary coupled support) after the administrative checks referred to in Article 74 have been finalised.

By way of derogation from the first sub-paragraph, in respect of claim year 2021, the paying agency may make payments to beneficiaries—

(a)

(a) granted pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 3 of Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013 (basic payment scheme),

(b)

(b) granted pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 3 of Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013 (payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and environment),

(c)

(c) granted pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 3 of Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013 (payment for young farmers),

(d)

(d) granted pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No. 1305/20135(payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints),

after the administrative checks referred to in Article 74 have been...

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